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Happy World Emoji Day

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EMOTIONS, EMOTICONS AND EMOJIS – OH MY! U.S. Cellular shares insight on misinterpreted emojis to help people send the right message to celebrate World Emoji Day, July 17 Wearables, smartphones and hand-held devices operating on a fast, high-quality network make it easier than ever to quickly send and receive messages and updates. Saving additional precious seconds is the digital phenomenon everyone has come to know and love – the use of emojis to communicate emotion. But, as this visual language has continued to evolve and grow, users need to be mindful of the potential risk for miscommunication. Emoticons are hailed as the original emojis. These representations of facial expressions, dating back to 19821, used a combination of punctuation marks, letters and numbers to convey what people were feeling with a few keystrokes on desktop computers. The emojis more commonly used today emerged in the late 1990s2 and by 2011 had made their way into the mainstream after being adopted a